1976-1977 Academic Catalog

1 6 Cedarville College Devotional In addition to private devotions and weekly residence hall prayer meetings, student prayer groups meet at various times each week to pray for missions. Two days are designated each year as days of prayer. Christian Service Every student is encouraged to participate in some area of Christian service for at least two of the four years of the college program. It is the belief of the college administration and faculty that this experience provides a vital means of achieving the stated objectives of the college. There are opportunities for experience and serv– ice in local church ministries such as youth meetings, music, junior curches, nurs– eries, S.S. teaching and preaching opportunities. There are openings in homes for orphans, homes for Senior Citizens, penal institu– tions, rescue missions, children's meetings in private homes and at a school for men– tally retarded children. There are Swordbearers and Gospel Teams and community canvassing as well as summer missionary internship programs. Many students are challenged by a campus visitation program in which there is an opportunity to share their faith in Christ with their academic peers on other college campuses. During Spring break there are Swordbearers Spring tours, Beach Evangelism in Florida and also a summer Swordbearers Gospel Team. The Director of Christian Service is responsible for the assignment of students who register for all kinds of Christian service work. He is also responsible for Sun– day services on campus, prayer meetings, pastoral counseling, and Swordbearers teams. Records are kept of all Christian Service activities and a permanent file on each student. The Christian Service Committee, made up of both faculty and students, works with the Director in defining the types of activities as well as establishing guidelines for the entire Christian Service program. Missionary Internship Service The primary objective of MIS is to give those interested in missions a short term exposure to mission life. Such an exposure, however, is intended not only for the benefit of visiting a mission field, but also for the purpose of being of service in the missionary outreach. Objectives: 1. To give opportunities of missionary service to interested and burdened faculty, alumni, and students and provide a spiritually meaningful and fruitful experience to each intern. 2. To provide an organized contact with missionaries and mission boards; to assist each intern to understand missions and related work. 3. To provide leadership in setting up and controlling missionary internships. 4. To add a universal dimension to the educational process of Cedarville College; to create within the individual a burden for lost souls throughout the world. 5. To provide Christian service outlets for the College Fellowship and world mission organization. 6. To further develop the skills needed in reaching the lost for Christ. 7. To provide assistance to missionaries during short-term service.